Bad weather pushes PHL jobless rate to 4.8%

By Erika Mae P. Sinaking, Reporter The Philippines’ unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in May as job losses in agriculture, driven by bad weather, outweighed employment gains in services and other industries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday. The unemployment rate increased from 3.9% a year earlier and 4.7% in April, while the […]